Dairy Queen

Did the tow truck vultures grab your car in Portland in February? If so, you should be honored that you're on the official list compiled by the city. It's interesting to see who the property owners were who reportedly requested these tows. Chopsticks at NE 27th and Burnside, the Lloyd Center Denny's, the Lloyd Place Apartments, the Sixth Avenue Deli by Portland State, the Green Building on SE 12th, the Stockyards on Marine Drive, the Garden Home Dairy Queen -- these guys are a gold mine for the tow truck trollers, according to the city. And hey, you go, Margaret Carter! Pulling the trigger a couple of times on close-in NE Sacramento.

Police are looking for a man who pointed a rifle at two Dairy Queen workers Tuesday evening and got away with cash.

Police are looking for a man who pointed a rifle at two Dairy Queen workers Tuesday evening and got away with cash.

In the beginning, you could have taken what Stan Kramer knew about the restaurant business and rolled it up in one of his burritos.

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The annual beach clean-up is on Saturday the 19th. We have 5 spaces in the van, and there's a Dairy Queen in... http://bit.ly/HiKzY

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Random photos:

Cooldown stop at a Dairy Queen (hi GWRRA!).

Motorhome fire that spread to the house. Both are a total loss.

The requisite REI stop.

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264 miles, 9 hours.
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Today's forecast was showing 90% chance of rain. We did indeed get some rain but only 2 instances, about 45 minutes in duration total. We showed 57 degrees by early afternoon. Not at all bad. (well, from a riding in Winter perspective anyway!)

9 of us showed up in Butteville today, actually 1 more than RSVP'd, so a great turnout for a predicted wet day on the Keizer Metric Century route.

Katherine showed up with her brand new Kona cyclocross bike. Check out the snazzy bright yellow fenders!

We rode mostly southward towards Keizer. We rode into a 8-10 mph wind, and for about 20 minutes of that, the wind was joined with a pretty substantial rainfall. The rain stopped before we got to Keizer and we took the opportunity at this, our halfway point, to stop at Dairy Queen to top of water bottles, use the restroom, and grab a few bites to eat.
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